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U.S. Congresswoman calls for high-speed rail linking Manhattan to Canadian cities
Sep. 04 2012
Konrad Yakabuski
Read More: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-manhattan-to-canadian-cities/article4517946/
New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney is known for never letting up until she gets what she wants. She successfully championed a “bill of rights†for credit card holders over the objections of the big banks. She was one of the leading proponents in a nearly 10-year battle to get Congress to cover the health-care costs of 9/11 first responders. Now, she wants governments in her country and Canada to get moving on building a high-speed rail line that would link Manhattan, where her district lies, to cities north of the border.
- Only one cross-border link – between New York and Montreal – is mentioned in the U.S. Transportation Department’s 2010 list of “priority corridors.†But little progress has been made on advancing the project advocated by the Quebec government. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has expressed no enthusiasm for the idea.
- Ms. Maloney, whose district covers most of Manhattan’s east side and parts of Queens, thinks expanding the scope of New York’s projects to include more populated Canadian cities makes economic sense and could be the key to their viability. In 2010, Mr. Cuomo said an eventual high-speed rail line linking New York with Toronto and Montreal would be “transformative.†But there is no such project on his current agenda. “High-speed rail is the Erie Canal of the 21 st century,†Ms. Maloney added, referring to the early 19 th century project that linked New York City to the Great Lakes, clearing the way for faster trade and travel to the U.S. Midwest.
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Sep. 04 2012
Konrad Yakabuski
Read More: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-manhattan-to-canadian-cities/article4517946/
New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney is known for never letting up until she gets what she wants. She successfully championed a “bill of rights†for credit card holders over the objections of the big banks. She was one of the leading proponents in a nearly 10-year battle to get Congress to cover the health-care costs of 9/11 first responders. Now, she wants governments in her country and Canada to get moving on building a high-speed rail line that would link Manhattan, where her district lies, to cities north of the border.
- Only one cross-border link – between New York and Montreal – is mentioned in the U.S. Transportation Department’s 2010 list of “priority corridors.†But little progress has been made on advancing the project advocated by the Quebec government. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has expressed no enthusiasm for the idea.
- Ms. Maloney, whose district covers most of Manhattan’s east side and parts of Queens, thinks expanding the scope of New York’s projects to include more populated Canadian cities makes economic sense and could be the key to their viability. In 2010, Mr. Cuomo said an eventual high-speed rail line linking New York with Toronto and Montreal would be “transformative.†But there is no such project on his current agenda. “High-speed rail is the Erie Canal of the 21 st century,†Ms. Maloney added, referring to the early 19 th century project that linked New York City to the Great Lakes, clearing the way for faster trade and travel to the U.S. Midwest.
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